Picker-check.



No. 779,636. I PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905. C. H. BUGKLEY.

PIGKER CHECK.

APPLIGATION 11,111) SEPT. 15. 1904.

zgj'r I r i UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HENRY BUOKLEY, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO NICHOLAS D. PETERS, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

PlCKER-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 779,636, dated January 10, 1905.

Application filed September 15, 1904:. Serial No. 224,642.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY BUCK- LEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picker- Checks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in means for checking the motion of the pickerstafi at the extremities of its throw; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient device of this class.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new picker-check, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same as shown in Fig. 1.

The picker-staff a is pivoted at I) and works in the slot 0 in the lay d. Near one end of this slot a strap 6 is passed over the slot in position to intercept the picker-staif near the end of its swing toward that end. One end of the strap 6 is secured, as at f, to the lay (Z, while the other end thereof is connected by 5 a wire g to the strap h. At the other end of the slot 0 is secured to the lay (Z a yoke 2', provided with hooked fingers y'j at its free ends, and across these fingers is passed -a strap In, the ends of which are brought together and 3 connected by a wire m to a strap a. Straps n and h are connected together, as at 0, and strap a is connected, through a spiral spring 12, to a strap 9, which is secured under lay, as shown.

When the picker-staff swings to the right in Fig. 1, its motion is checked by its being intercepted by the strap 6, the force of the impact upon which is transmitted by the wire 9 and strap 71/ to the strap a and thence to the spring 3;), while when the picker-staff swings to the left in Fig. 1 its motion is checked by its being intercepted by the strap k, which is provided with a buffer 9", the force of the impact upon which is transmitted by the wire on and strap n to the same spring 3).

My new check serves to prevent the breaking of the filling as well as breaking of the picker-stick.

What I claim is 1. A picker-check comprising the combination of a pair of cooperating straps between which the picker-stalf swings; a spring member, one end of which is connected to the lay and the other end to both of said straps; said lay; and said picker-staff.

2. A picker-check comprising the combination of a pair of cooperating straps between which the picker-staff swings; a strap connecting both said straps to a common spring member; said spring member common to said pair of straps and attached to said connectingstrap and the lay; and said lay.

3. A picker-check comprising the combination of cooperating straps between which the picker-staff swings; a strap connecting both said straps to a common spring member; said spring member attached to said connecting-strap at one end and at its other end to another strap; said other strap attached at one end to said spring member and at its other end to the lay; and said lay.

CHARLES HENRY BUOKLEY.

Witnesses:

E. D. LEE, ISABELLE F. ESTES. 

